Ramblings of a techy Southern gent
Adobe is planning to announce a major upgrade to its popular Photoshop image editing suite next Monday. Details slipped out in an accidental early posting of a press release, which has since been removed.
Dubbed Adobe Photoshop CS2, the new release promises better tools to fix common image problems such as red eye and blemishes, as well as updated support for raw, or uncompressed, images. The software is expected to start shipping in May.
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The E680i is based on the Linux operating system and uses a user interface that is written in Java. The overall feel of the system seemed nicer than that of the earlier Motorola Linux devices I’ve used, and the system certainly was pretty.
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While still not officially listed in Adobe’s download page, you can get Adobe Reader 7.0 for Linux from the company’s FTP server.
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A security update to Firefox is now available. This security update is now available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Download the latest Firefox here. For more information, see the release notes.
Important security updates for Mozilla Thunderbird and Mozilla Suite are now available for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. For more information, see the Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2 and Mozilla 1.7.6 release notes.
I drove to Atlanta, GA, with my friend Jason to see Steve Vai as a birthday present to myself. It was an amazing show. There was a long line waiting to get in when we got there. I ‘just knew’ that we were going to somehow be stuck in the back of this little club. Much to my surprise, we were very close. We were about twenty feet from the stage. I was completely awestruck by Mr. Vai the entire time.
I was hoping “I Know You’re Here” would be thrown in somewhere. Steve played several songs from his new album Real Illusions: Reflections. If you are a Vai fan and you haven’t picked this up yet, you need to go get it. It is by far his best, most diverse work to date.
He inserted the live solo usually played during “Bad Horsie” into “Midway Creatures” and the live solo (Tony MacAlpine duel) usually played during “Erotic Nightmares” into “Answers”. Very cool indeed!
Eric Sarindas opened the show with an hour-long set. I really enjoyed his set. I’ve never heard Eric before, but I bought his album the following Monday at a local record shop.
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This is very cool indeed!
Watching the news these past few weeks, you would think that hackers have taken over our cellphones. From the Paris Hilton phone hack (which was not Bluetooth-based), to the unintentional release of Fred Durst’s (from the band Limp Bizkit) sex video - Wireless security has been thrust into the limelight. The proliferation of Bluetooth devices has made wireless communications easy and the Bluetooth group wants you to believe that this technology is safe from hackers. However, the guys from Flexilis, a wireless think-tank based in Los Angeles, beg to differ and they have a big freakin gun to “voice” their opinions.
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